Andrew Macintosh, Associate Director, ANU Centre for Climate Law and Policy
On Friday, 5 September 2008, Professor Ross Garnaut released his much awaited supplementary draft report on targets and trajectories. The report argues that Australia's mid- and long-term targets should…
Andaleeb Akhand, Amanda Alford, Hae-Young (Connie) Chong, Kirill Talanine, Tamie Balaga, Thomas Conyers, Contestants in the 2008 Lions Oratory Competition
The 14th Annual Lions Oratory Competition saw selected ANU students from across the University present eight minute orations to convince the judges and the audience that they deserved to win the ANU…
Professor David Kennedy, Vice-President for International Affairs, Brown University
Warfare has become a legal institution. Law organises and disciplines the military, defines the battle-space, privileges killing the enemy, and offers a common language to debate the legitimacy of waging…
Hosted by Professor Ian Chubb AC
In this debate, ANU plays host to a number of influential public figures including ACT Attorney General Simon Corbell; Dr Clive Hamilton, The Australia Institute; Professor Peter Bailey, ANU; Channel…
Colin Keating, Executive Director, Security Council Report, NY
2008 has already brought major new challenges for diplomats. The situations in Kenya and Pakistan underline the depths of the problems in Africa and elsewhere. The Security Council and UN peacekeepers…
Moderated by Mark Baker, Editor, The Canberra Times, Panel: Dr Rachel Bloul, Professor Kim Rubenstein, Clive Williams
Part of a series of public debates hosted by the Australian National University and The Canberra Times. Join a diverse panel of ANU experts in a lively discussion of the major issues driving this election.
Moderated by Andrew Fraser, Political Reporter, The Canberra Times, Panel: Dr Norm Abjorensen, Professor Job Altman, Dr Daniel Connell, Dr Andrew Leigh
Part of a series of public debates hosted by The Australian National University and The Canberra Times. A diverse panel of ANU experts in a lively discussion of the major issues driving this election.…
Moderated by Kate Hannon, The Canberra Times, Panel: Professor Bob Gregory, Dr Rick Kuhn, Dr Lindy Edwards
A series of public debates hosted by the Australian National University and The Canberra Times. A diverse panel of ANU experts in a lively discussion of the major issues driving this election.…
Hosted by Jack Waterford, Editor at large, The Canberra Times
On 21 June 2007 Prime Minister John Howard and Minister for Indigenous Affairs Mal Brough declared a ‘national emergency’ in relation to child sexual abuse in the Northern Territory. In…
Hon Gareth Evans AO QC, President, International Crisis Group
The lecture was a joint presentation between The Australian National University and The Lowy Institute for International Policy.
Over the last decade there has been a serious, and dangerous,…
Luis Moreno-Ocampo
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent judicial body with jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The ICC has recently embarked on its first prosecution:…
Professor Danielle Conway-Jones, Terri Janke, Dr Matthew Rimmer
In intellectual property, there has been much interest of late in the creative use of contract law - especially with the development of the Creative Commons. By necessity, Indigenous communities…
Major Michael Mori, US Marine Corps
David Hicks, accused of being an enemy combatant in the war on terrorism and held at Guantanamo Bay, has become a household name in Australia. Reports of his…
Father Frank Brennan, SJ, AO
Late in his term on the High Court, Justice McHugh, one of the majority in the Mabo decision and one of the dissentients in Wik, expressed criticism of the "costly and time-consuming" native title system.…
Emeritus Professor Peter Russell, University of Toronto
A judicial revolution occurred in 1992 when the High Court discarded the doctrine of terra nullius in the Mabo case. The ruling had repercussions for Indigenous peoples within Australia and around the…
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